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Mercedes McCambridge: A Biography and Career Record (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From her part on radio show Lights Out! at 17 to her starring role in Neil Simon's play Lost in Yonkers at 73, this biography both reveals Mercedes McCambridge's personal life and career and gives insight into an important period of show business history.
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Joe McCarthy: Architect of the Yankee Dynasty (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This biography of Joe McCarthy details the 90-year life of one of the greatest managers in baseball. Baseball was McCarthy's ticket out of a working-class... Læs mere
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Caravaggio in Context: Learned Naturalism and Renaissance Humanism (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Through detailed analysis of works from Caravaggio's early Roman period, 1594-1602, this study places his art in a humanistic context, making it an expression of ""learned naturalism,"" a procedure committed to a close study of the phenomenal world.
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Women Pilots of Alaska: 37 Interviews and Profiles (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The acceptance and recognition of women's participation and achievements in development of aviation was very slow. This work explores the challenges faced by women of Alaska as they pursued roles in aviation - something that had long been considered part of ""the men's world"".
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Visitors to Ancient America: The Evidence for European and Asian Presence in America Prior to Columbus (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This work is a comprehensive study of the evidence suggesting that ancient European and Asian mariners visited the United States more than 1000 years ago, looking at evidence that would support the theory of ancient incursions to America.
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Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first half of the twentieth century was a golden age of American storytelling. This examination of storytelling in America... Læs mere
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Behind the G-String: An Exploration of the Stripper's Image, Her Person and Her Meaning (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In recent years, the number of strip clubs in the United States has increased dramatically. Stripping has become a... Læs mere
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The Dime Novel in Children's Literature (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Many considered the Dime Novel guilty of sending improper messages to impressionable youth. Though read by many from the middle of the 19th century to the early... Læs mere
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The Scientifiction Novels of C.S. Lewis: Space and Time in the Ransom Stories (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
C.S. Lewis's ""interplanetary"" novels pre-date the modern divide between fantasy and science fiction and are... Læs mere
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Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
On December 14, 1944, Japanese soldiers massacred 139 of 150 American POWs. This biography tells the story of Glenn (""Mac"") McDole, one of 11 young men who escaped and the last man out of Palawan Prison Camp 10A.
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Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Television and Other Media (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From the 1920s to the 1950s, radio was the entertainment source for millions. Two of the primary themes of radio... Læs mere
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Medieval Saints in Late Nineteenth Century French Culture: Eight Essays (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The eight essays in this work explore the popularity of the saints from the 1850s to the 1920s and evaluate the role they played in literature, art, music, science, history and politics.
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